Re: combination of 'textcat' and 'interval' in 7.2.

Bhuvan A writes:

>
> In my plpgsql functions, i did use(in 7.1.2)
> SELECT INTO <variable> interval(textcat (4, '' hours''));
>
> But now, i do use (in 7.2)
> SELECT INTO <variable> cast (textcat (4, '' hours'') as interval);
>
> and it works.
>
> is this a permanent fix? will it work in earlier and future releases?

Standard syntax is

cast('4' || ' hours' as interval)

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